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Why was John Lochner indicted in Oneida County, New York?
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In October 1901, a grand jury in Oneida County, New York, indicted John Lochner for violating the New York Bakeshop Act of 1895.
Lochner, a local bakery owner, was charged after an inspector filed a complaint stating that one of his employees had worked more than 60 hours in a single week, which exceeded the legal maximum established by the act.1